
STUDENTS of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Santa Mesa, Manila attend the flag ceremony before the opening of classes yesterday. PUP is the biggest state university with 70,000 students in 22 branches and maintains tuition of P12 per unit. PUP Santa Mesa has 40,000 students. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)

Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Geminoid takes the stage during the Global Future 2045 Congress at Lincoln Center in New York. Inset is the robot’s creator.

A CHILD siftas through charcoal for nail or any discarded metal to sell in junk shops at the makeshift charcoal factory in Vitas, Manila. Malacanang yesterday said it is doing its best to eliminate child labor through accessible education. (Photo by Ali Vicoy)

A WEEK after getting married, celebrity couple Maricar Reyes and Richard Poon recalled the moment when the singer met her parents.

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, from left, with forwards LeBron James, Udonis Haslem, and Mike Miller watch during the fourth quarter of Game 5 in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio on Sunday. The Spurs won 114-104, leading the best-of-seven series 3-2. (AP)

Justin Rose, left, of England, celebrates with his wife Kate after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. (AP)

San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, shoots as Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade defends during Game 5 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio. The Spurs won 114-104. (AP)
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two sets of Giants, San Francisco’s and Tokyo’s, won this year’s elite baseball leagues while Japan prepared to seek a third World Baseball Classic title in 2013 with no Major League Baseball stars.
The San Francisco Giants won their second North American title in three years by sweeping the Detroit Tigers in the World Series last October. The...
DETROIT (AP) – The San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep and win their second World Series title in three years after Marco Scutaro singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning.
Ryan Theriot, who went hitless for St. Louis in Game 7 of last year’s Series, singled softly into right field off Phil Coke opening the 10th.
Read More » DETROIT (AP) - Giants whip Tigers for 3-0 Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong escaped trouble three times as San Francisco moved one win from its second title in three seasons with a 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday
Read More » SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – San Francisco pitcher Madison Bumgarner bounced back in a big way on Thursday as the Giants stretched their World Series lead over the Detroit Tigers with a 2-0 victory.
The triumph gives the Giants a two-games-to-none lead in Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven championship series as it shifts to Detroit for game three on Saturday.
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Manila, Philippines – “THIS could only mean one thing: Tim Lincecum is back!“
That’s the ESPN play-by-play guy gushing yesterday after the two-time Cy Young winner from the San Francisco Giants retired seven straight Detroit Tigers in 2 1/3 innings, striking out five of them as a reliever in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series.
Read More » SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Pablo Sandoval hit a record-equaling three home runs to help the San Francisco Giants down the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in the World Series opener Wednesday and put himself into the same class as Reggie Jackson, Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols.
The vocal San Francisco crowd roared as the Venezuelan connected on his four at bats and drove in four runs.
Read More » SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – San Francisco pitcher Barry Zito won’t be looking back when he takes the mound for the Giants on Wednesday in the opening game of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy named Zito his game one starter on Tuesday, a day after San Francisco completed an unlikely rally from a 1-3 deficit to beat the reigning champion St....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The San Francisco Giants will meet the Detroit Tigers in the World Series after beating defending champion St. Louis 9-0 in Game 7 of the National League championship series Monday.
Hunter Pence hit a bizarre, two-run double and Matt Cain pitched his second clincher of October as the Giants won a record-equaling sixth elimination game of the postseason , completing...
Tigers in 2012 World Series
DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Tigers advanced to the World Series by beating the New York Yankees 8-1 on Thursday to complete a four-game sweep of the American League Championship Series, with the St. Louis Cardinals looming as their likely opponent.
Read More » ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter made the most of a call-up to replace an injured teammate by hitting a two-run homer to help the Cardinals beat the Giants 3-1 on Wednesday, taking a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series.
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